The factory is being set up by West International Holding Limited, a subsidiary of China West Cement Limited, a Hong Kong listed company.
President Museveni has launched the construction of a clinker and cement factory in Moroto, Karamoja region.
Museveni said the factory which will make clinker will save Uganda 380 million US Dollars of imported clinker and will create jobs as well as pay taxes.
The Minister of State for Minerals, Hon. Peter Lokeris said in order to promote the sustainable exploitation of Uganda’s minerals, the strategic objective of the government is to promote value addition for employment creation, industrialization and local content development.
Lokeris said the mineral sub-sector is proud to have been able to realize and actualize such a huge investment of up to 300 million US dollars clinker and cement project.
“The project will produce approximately 6,000 tonnes per day of clinker,” said Lokeris.
“Uganda has a present cement production capacity of over 4.5 million tonnes per annum and the demand is projected to increase by 15 percent annually on the background of the booming oil and gas sector and infrastructure development,” he added.
The Minister further noted that currently, Uganda imports over 50 percent of the clinker it uses in the production of cement and this project will greatly support the government’s import substitution initiative by locally manufacturing clinker within Uganda.
